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This gemlike, UNSECO-listed isle is Canada's best-kept little secret
September 12, 2024 | 5:54pmSure, you’ve been to Montréal, and perhaps Québec City, but here’s a retreat that has likely been flying under your radar: Anticosti Island. Part of the pristine and aqueous Côte-Nord...
Bigfoot sighting alleged in resurfaced nature documentary footage
August 2, 2024 | 3:17pmIt's compelling foot-age.
The evolution of Patrick Roy
February 5, 2024 | 6:00amWearing nothing but a tracksuit, he told his defensemen to start shooting on him, barking instructions all the while.
Canadian who blamed government for wildfires guilty of starting 14 himself
January 19, 2024 | 5:48pmA Quebec man who blamed the government for settling thousands of miles of forest fires in Canada during the country's worst fire season on record pleaded guilty to starting 14...
Boy, 11, dies after being hit by ice hockey puck in the neck
December 16, 2023 | 1:57pmThe 11-year-old was hit with the puck “while participating in a regular exercise" during ice hockey practice.
Man killed, woman critically injured in 'very brutal' gondola accident at popular resort: police
July 18, 2023 | 12:11pmAuthorities said the two were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola at the Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort near Montreal, Quebec, when a piece of equipment struck the car
Hochul deploys forest rangers to Canada as 'out of control' wildfire smoke chokes NY
June 8, 2023 | 3:45pmAlbany officials dispatched seven forest rangers to Quebec to aid with firefighting efforts there as much of New York was choked by thick wildfire smoke blowing down from nearly 150...
Two dead, nine injured after being struck by van in Canada's Quebec
March 13, 2023 | 10:16pmTwo people were killed and nine injured after being struck by a van on Monday in the Canadian town of Amqui, Quebec, provincial police said.
Quebec tells Adams to stop helping migrants illegally enter Canada
February 13, 2023 | 1:41pmThe government of Canada's largest province is demanding that Mayor Eric Adams "immediately" stop helping migrants illegally enter the Great White North.
Get ready for the lights AND heat to go out
February 9, 2023 | 7:15pmIn other words, the state’s electric grid is growing ever more unreliable — even as the state is pushing for far greater reliance on electric heat.
Two kids killed after 'totally naked' bus driver crashes into Canadian day care
February 8, 2023 | 7:01pm“There is a theory that it was an intentional act, but that remains to be confirmed by the investigation,” Mayor Stephane Boyer said.
Canadian groundhog Fred la Marmotte found dead just before winter prediction
February 2, 2023 | 7:12pmWell, that can't be a good sign.
NHL player Paul Byron helped rescue pilot who crashed seaplane into Quebec lake
July 27, 2022 | 2:52amThe hockey player was on a fishing trip when he saw a plane fall from the sky and plunge into the water.
Poutine protest: Canadian diner renames dish because it sounds like 'Putin'
March 4, 2022 | 8:07pmQuebec diner Le Roy Jucep temporarily renamed poutine, a French fries dish that sounds similar to Putin when said aloud, to show support for Ukraine.
'Anti-vaccine' father temporarily loses right to visit his child
January 13, 2022 | 11:57amJudge Jean-Sébastien Vaillancourt said in his Dec. 23 decision that it would not be “in the child’s best interest” to have contact with the unvaccinated dad.
Quebec goes into lockdown over Omicron surge
December 20, 2021 | 3:08pmQuebec officials announced Monday that they are taking the drastic step of throwing the province into a lockdown amid an explosion of Omicron cases.
Sticky situation: Canada releases 50M pounds from maple syrup reserve amid global shortage
November 26, 2021 | 12:48pmThe Quebec Maple Syrup Producers announced this week that it's pulling some 50 million pounds of syrup from its strategic reserve.
Cops toss woman's burnt body in dumpster after mistaking it for mannequin
July 29, 2021 | 11:22pmCops at the scene of a suspicious brush fire in Quebec last week mistook a woman's burnt body for a mannequin and placed it in a police station dumpster.
Quebec to ban sale of new gasoline-powered cars as of 2035
November 16, 2020 | 3:43pmMONTREAL - The Canadian province of Quebec said on Monday it will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars as of 2035, joining California and others in announcing moves...
Quebec police release new details in deadly Halloween sword attacks
November 3, 2020 | 5:47pmAuthorities in Quebec have released new details of the chilling three-hour Halloween night sword attack that left two dead and five others injured. Police said the bloodshed began when 24-year-old...